FORMY AKCENTOWANE I NIEAKCENTOWANE ZAIMKÓW RZECZOWNYCH W SYSTEMIE I UZUSIE
Iconic qualities of prosodic features in the poem Lokomotywa (Locomotive) by Julian Tuwim recited by Piotr Fronczewski

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the sound-imitating qualities of Julian Tuwim’s Lokomotywa (Locomotive),one of the most famous Polish poems for children. The focus, however, is not stimuch on theinstrumentational potential of the text (which was described multiple times before) as on itsuse in the acting interpretation by Piotr Fronczewski. Selected prosodic features, such as inparticular: speech rate, rhythm, pitch, and – to a lesser extent – sound intensity, are examinedfrom the perspective of the iconic functions of language, i.e. as a way of reflecting the contentand emotional feeling of the text. The research was conducted using the Praat program, whichincludes tools for acoustic analysis of sound.

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